A Sudden Attack

"If it's a fight you want, then fight! I am Feng Hao... King Wuhuan! Do you think I'm afraid to fight?!"

Jian Shang narrowed his eyes and glared sharply at Yu Qing. Before Yu Qing could say more, he turned to Jiang Yao and ordered in a firm voice, "My mind is made up. There's no need to discuss it further. It's settled!"

Jian Shang understood Yu Qing's and the other generals' concerns and good intentions. But only he knew his own troubles. How could the generals of the Wuhuan Faction understand his helplessness?

Founding a nation and establishing a dynasty was one method Jian Shang had devised to break through in cultivation, but it was no certainty. Whether it would work remained to be seen. In theory, becoming an independent king carried the same Fruition Rank and fortune as being a prince of Great Qin.

Besides, no matter what, Quiet Night Thoughts truly was the best cultivation method for Otherworlders of the Innate Realm and above to gain insight, especially an Otherworlder from an ordinary background like Jian Shang.

This world was unlike either modern or ancient Earth World. A faction leader's personal strength mattered greatly. Without it, he either could not command respect or was easily assassinated, both of which badly hindered his faction's growth. Jian Shang had endured the frustration of leading a faction while weak, then suffered months without the slightest progress. He was determined to obtain Quiet Night Thoughts. At the very least, he could not let it fall into another Otherworlder's hands!

A person's upbringing and experiences mattered. Jian Shang could never understand why, in Earth World's films and novels, someone who crossed into another world could immediately comprehend cultivation manuals governed by laws utterly different from those of Earth World.

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